A cool-looking ship is sailing eastward at high speed, reaching a speed of 36 knots. The shape is low, like a matchbox floating on the water.
It was swaying and not very stable in the waves. It seemed that it wanted to escape from the high sea state at high speed, and it also seemed that it had a clear goal and rushed towards it with all its strength.
The ship's hull number indicates that it is a cross-sea ferry. No matter how you look at it, it is a civilian ship. The strange thing is that it appears on the east side of the no-navigation zone.
Li Hai turned on the airborne radar and searched north. The heavy rainfall affected the search work. Even if it was sharpened, there was still a lot of clutter, and a rare slight snowflake appeared.
Li Hai only thought it was due to the influence of the weather, and the shortcomings of the new pilot's inexperience were highlighted here.
He tried adjusting the search range to solve the snowflake phenomenon, but the effect was still not very satisfactory. Li Hai could only focus on visual search. The visibility at this time was less than one kilometer, so Li Hai had to lower his altitude and ordered Zhuang Xiaoying to also pay attention.
It's always good to have an extra pair of eyes.
Zhuang Xiaoying clearly felt that Li Hai had encountered a problem, so she quickly put away her thoughts of tourists and looked at the sea with wide eyes. The increasing rain made the search more difficult.
About ten minutes later, Li Hai clearly felt that the air flow had changed a lot and the turbulence had increased. He had to hold the joystick tightly with both hands.
As time went on, Lehi actually grew closer to the suspicious ship.
The low-air flow became more chaotic, and Li Hai could only climb higher, giving up visual search and focusing on radar search.
After turning east, Lehi noticed something was not right about the snowflake phenomenon. If it is caused by weather, then the snowflake phenomenon in the left front area will be relatively slight at this time, because there is no rain about ten nautical miles away from the left front.
He suddenly thought of a possibility - he was disturbed!
"I can't believe it!"
Li Hai patted his head regretfully and decisively turned on the electronic detection function of the small reconnaissance pod. The function of the small reconnaissance pod is relatively weak, but it can passively detect electronic signals.
Soon, feedback from the small reconnaissance pod appeared on the auxiliary heads-up display—many messy electronic signals were captured.
There is no doubt that it was interfered with.
Where is the source of interference? Eighty percent of it is on that suspicious ship!
"South China Sea, Snowflake Report, I have encountered electronic interference. The radar work has been affected. The source of the interference is being traced. Over." Li Hai quickly reported to the exercise headquarters.
The command staff was stunned, and quickly determined the location of the "Snowflake" JH-7A, and at the same time checked how many of our own ships and aircraft were in the nearby area.
Unfortunately, this area is relatively independent, and the only ships within this range are Zhang Zhongbo's reconnaissance fishing boat and the JH-7A driven by Li Hai.
The command staff said, "We have received it from Nanhai. We will step up the search and report it in time. It's over."
"Intensify the search and report at any time, understand."
The command staff immediately reported to the commander in charge. The commander in charge thought for a moment and said, "Order Formation No. 16 to send fighter planes to support the Snowflake!"
"Chief, Mothership No. 16 encountered bad weather and was unable to take off fighter planes." the command staff reported.
The commander in charge quickly checked and found that the No. 16 aircraft carrier combat formation had hung a yellow sign five minutes ago, which meant that the carrier-based fighter jets could not take off for combat.
"What's going on over there with the meteorological department?" the commander in charge looked at the meteorological department.
The meteorological staff responded quickly, "The cumulonimbus clouds are expanding and are expected to have a continued impact on the No. 16 aircraft carrier combat formation in the next hour!"
The commander in charge did not hesitate and immediately gave the order, "Give Xuehua an order to determine the location of the suspicious ship as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
Now we can only rely on Le Hai.
The No. 16 aircraft carrier combat formation was on the west side of the target sea area, nearly a hundred nautical miles away. We waited until an hour later before taking off fighter planes to support, but the cucumbers and vegetables were all rancid.
The troublesome thing is that the first wave of joint sea and air combat search exercises has just ended, and all the participating aircraft are returning. The only one that can be used is Li Hai, a long-duration camera aircraft.
There is also a scout fishing boat.
Most people, including the commanders in charge, did not place their hopes on the reconnaissance fishing boats. The target has been lost for more than half an hour, the weather is so bad, and the sea conditions are so high, a reconnaissance fishing boat with only a small sea search radar with a combat range of less than 50 kilometers is basically unable to provide help.
Zhang Zhongbo also knew this, but he did not give up his efforts.
The performance of the search radar is limited, so use maneuvers to make up for it.
At this time, Zhao Feiyan controlled the Lao Dolphin helicopter to hover over the reconnaissance fishing boat. The reconnaissance fishing boat temporarily stopped sailing and began to receive spare parts. Two mechanics used ropes to lower the parts. In the wind and rain, several sailors on the back deck of the reconnaissance fishing boat stared at the swinging parts, fearing that the helicopter would sway and shake the parts into the sea.
Zhao Feiyan's skills were excellent, and he accurately landed the parts on the rear deck of the reconnaissance fishing boat.
The rope is put away and the battlefield emergency rescue mission is completed!
The chief engineer immediately went into emergency repairs and completed the replacement of damaged parts in just ten minutes. The No. 2 diesel engine made a pleasant roar.
Zhang Zhongbo perked up and ordered loudly: "Heading 120! Go ahead at full speed!"
He made a crucial judgment. The suspicious ship ran north, but it definitely wouldn't really run away. Most likely, it wanted to go around in a circle and come back. This judgment is based on another judgment - Zhang Zhongbo suspected that it was an electronic reconnaissance ship, aiming at the No. 16 aircraft carrier combat group.
Experience is very important at this time. At least Li Hai has no basis to make such a judgment.
The key is that Zhang Zhongbo’s judgment was almost correct!
Zhang Zhongbo called Li Hai, "Xuehua, this is Yu 12508. Our ship has restored all power, its position is XXX, heading 120, and is sailing at full speed, over."
The experience of the old captain was once again reflected, and he calmly and calmly informed the friendly aircraft of the position, the situation of the ship, and the plan. If he was a fool, he would probably be focused on tracking the suspicious ship.
Zhang Zhongbo's report was very timely. Li Haizheng was worried about which direction to focus on. Now it's easy. He immediately replied, "Yu 12508, you are responsible for sectors 120 to 180 and do a clockwise search. I am responsible for sectors 90 to 120 and do the same search clockwise." ,complete!"
"I'm responsible for sectors 120 to 180, got it!"
Because there is a huge speed difference between the JH-7A and the reconnaissance fishing boat, there will be two fan areas, one large and one small. When Li Hai turns 180 degrees, his search range will cover the search range of the reconnaissance fishing boat. Before this, the search range of the reconnaissance fishing boat would fill in the blind spots left by it due to the angle.
Zhang Zhongbo believes that the JH-7A pilot is a very experienced veteran. For now, when there is only one aircraft and one reconnaissance fishing boat, this solution is the most suitable.
"Yu 12508, I have encountered electronic interference. It is basically certain that the suspicious target is a paramilitary ship with electronic interference capabilities. Over." Li Hai reported his situation.
Zhang Zhongbo's heart skipped a beat and he said, "This is also my judgment. This way I can be sure that the suspicious ship is a paramilitary ship. Snowflake, you have to be careful, over."
"Understood, I have a camera."
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